A new study shows the frequency of fast-food dining is linked to higher income; Downtown Sacramento's Beers Books turns 75; The Cannabis Comedy Festival with Ngaio Bealum is this week-end; Jazz-blues singer Pamela Rose has a new music book.

Fast Food and Higher Income A new national study of eating out and income
shows that fast-food dining becomes more common as earnings
increase from low to middle incomes, weakening the popular notion
that fast food should be blamed for higher rates of obesity among
the poor. We'll talk with Paul Leigh, UC Davis professor of public health
sciences with the Center for Healthcare Policy and
Research. Dr. Leigh has conducted research on the relationship
between medical specialty and career satisfaction, hypertension and
occupation, gasoline prices and roadway fatalities, and obesity and
wages. His most recent study focuses on the relationship between
income and fast food.

Beers Books' 75th Anniversary Downtown
Sacramento independent bookstore, Beers Books,
is celebrating its 75th year in business while
many other book stores are permanently closing their doors.
We'll talk with owner Jim Naify about what he's doing right and
what he expects to happen in the next 75 years.